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., y UNITED *STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOSEPHSTUMPP, ,OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOE To HIMSELE AND i JAMES SMITH, OE SAME PLACE.

FOLDING KITE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,526, dated March 4, 1884.v

Application tiled November 26, 1853. `(No model.)

. ful Improvement in Folding Kites, of which the following is-a full, clear, and exact descrip- Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiication, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the igures Figure l is a plan View of my improvement, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same nearly rolled up. Fig. 3 represents the middle part of one of the jointed bars, the tube being shown in section. v

The object of this invention is to promote convenience in the Storage and transportation of kites.

bars A B are connected by a cord, C, as indicated in dotted lines-in Figs. 1 and 2.

D represents the paper cover of the kite,

the edges of which are folded overfthe cord C and connected in place in the ordinary mau-Y ner, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

The inclined bars A are each made in two parts, meeting at the point of crossing of the barsA B. The adjacent ends ofthe parts of the bars A are secured to each other, and the joints are made rigid by tubes E, slipped upon the said adjacent ends, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

With this constrnction,wl1en the kite is to be folded, the tubes E are each slipped'along the bars A until the joints of the said bars are uncovered, as shown in Fig. 3, The parts ofthe bars A adjacent to each end of the .kite are then swung around across the said end, asshown in Fig. ,2, and the kite can be rolled into a compact bundle. When the kite is to be unfolded or opened, it is unrolled, the adjacent ends of each bar ,A are brought together, and the tubes E are slipped over the joints, as shown in Fig. l, making the frame iirm and rigid. y

The kite is designed to be rovided witha tail and string in the Ordinary manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A folding kite provided with the inclined bars of the frame made in two parts and connected at their adjacent ends by independent sliding tubes, whereby the kite maybe folded without detaching the connectingcord by si n1- ply sliding the tubes along the bars until their joints are uncovered, substantially as set forth.

, JOSEPH STU MPP. Vitnesses: y

' WM. F.. GOEWITH, LUTHER G. GORWITH. 

